The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-25

vi Allb AdhCD VI lows anu hho RNs hAN
money out at interest for the benefit OF
themselves. The Commissioners found
the amount to be about SAC, 900, and
they notified the derelect collectors to
settle within twenty days or their
bondsmen would be sued.
Three desperate characters have
been arrested in Layaco county, Texas,
on suspicion of completely in the South
ern Pacific train robbery on the morn
ing of the 18th.
Winfield Scott. nephew of the IA
nous General Winfield Scott, and a
leader iii Virginia society, was danger
ously stabbed in the neck and body by
a gambler named Levy, IN a house of
vile repute in Richmond, on the eve
ming of the 10Th. Levy was beating
the proprietress of the den, and Scott
lnterfered in her behalf. John Eng
bury, % years old, quarrelled with lis
mother IN Brooklyn on the Goth. He
drew a pistol, fred three shots INTO her
left breast, and then shot himself in
the abdomen. Both are mortally
wounded.
The Queens Jubilee was celebra-
ted in New York on the 21st, by q
meeting in the Metropolitan Opera
House. Erastus Wiman presided. and
addresses were made by him, eX-AIayor
Low, of Brooklyn, and Mayor Hewitt,
of New York. About the same time
Rev. Father Larkin, in the neighbOr-
ing Roman Catholic Church OF the
Holy Innocents, was celebrating a
REQUIEM Mass for the Zone q half mil
lions who have died of famine, the
81, 000 who have died of ship fever, the
800 bntchered in suppressing public
meetings, the rs hanged for resisting
tyranny, and the 81 who have died in
dungeons, besides the thousands who
died in other ways, the victims of
cruel laws" during the Victorian
reign. The flags were displayed on the
public buildings of New York in honor
of the jubilee. kilograms from a num-
Der of cities in Canada and the United
States report jubilee celebrations by
English citiZens-services in the
churches, banquets and other festivI-
ties. The Mayor of Charleston, South
Carolina, sent to London "a congratu-
latory despatch expressing Charleston's
grateful remembrance of the Queens
quick and touching sympathy In the
earthquake calamity last fall"
The steam barge p. II. Walters
was sunk in Lake Erie, off Black river,
Ohio, during a storm on the evening of
the Goth, and eight lives were lost.
The captain, two of his sons and the
mate saved themselves by clinging to
doating tenders until they were picked
up by a steamer early on the morning
of the 2lst. The lost are: Mrs. l.. G.
Gillespie, wife of the master; Alphos
and Jennie Gillespie, the masters
children; Engineer Peter Grimes, of
Cleveland; fireman John Peterson,
wheelman Gust. Shaffer, of Sandusky,
Ohio; deck hand Peter Powley, of
Lighthouse Station, Ohio; stewardess
Kate Powley, wife of Peter.
1t Is reported from Des Moines
that on the evening of the Goth a large
metcor9ff1> upon Il farm rear Pilot
Mound, Iowa''So rapid was IFS de-
scent that the roar was almost defen-
ing, A beautiful trail of light was
seen IN its wake, which illuminated
The earth for many miles"
During the last five weeks forty
horses have been stolen in Albuquer-
que, New Mexico, and the surround
ing country. On the 20th, two boys,
Ia and Is years old, were captured
while in the act of riding of with a
couple of stolen animals and made re-
velatlons indicating the existence of a
large band of organized robbers
originating among the youths of the
city, the oldest member being % years.
THEY had a regular compact, which
was sworn upon a glittering blade as
each member flashed a keen-edged dag
ger in the light of a camp fire." Their
rendezvous in the mountains, seventy
i've miles distant, has been discovered
and 1t is thought the whole gang will
be captured, with all the horses.
Thomas Galbraith, of Mount
Union, Penna., was arrested on the
evening Of the Goth, as the third per-
son alleged to have been connected
with the Hawn robbery on Thursday
last. He Is a brother of John Gal
braith, captured on the 18th. Anker,
the wounded farmer, is now expected
to recover
-Four days ago John Abbott mar
ried the daughter of a miner named
Craig, at Corunna, Michigan. Her
father opposed the marriage. Several
quarrels resulted, and Craig was toE
have had "a hearing on the morning of
the 2lst on the charge of having
threatened to kill Abbott. While the
old mar was passing their house on
the evening of the Goth, Abbott and
his wife rushed out and assaulted him
with a club and pitchfork, fatally stab
bing HIM.
The Congressional express train
from Warrington collded at Havre de
Grace, about half-past 5 O'Clock on the
afternoon of the 21st, with the south
bound express which left Philadelphia
at half-past 4. Alexander Cantrom,
of Washington, was killed, and eight
others were badly injured, among them
A. l.. Wood, of Camden, New Jersey.
John Kerone, a detective from
New Jersey, arrived in Salem, Illinois
on the Goth, to inquire into the arrest
of the supposed murderer of the I'M
known girl at Railway. The detective,
after al investigation, returned home
without the prisoner, proneuncIng the
latter "a crank"
THE MARK FITS.